228 minutes
8/22/1942
After losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewellery to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.
P. Kannamba
as Kannagi
P. U. Chinnappa
as Kovalan
M. S. Saroja
as Madhavi
N. S. Krishnan
as Injippathan
T. A. Madhuram
as Vanjippathan's Daughter
M. R. Swaminathan
as Vanjippathan
T. R. Ramachandran
as Shastri
U. R. Jeevarathinam
as Gownthiyadigal
D. Balasubramaniam
as Pandian
S. V. Sahasranamam
as Paramasivan
M. M. Radhabai
as Pandia's Wife
K. N. Kolathu Nani
as Machottan
T. V. A. Boorani
as Vasanthamalai
K. P. Jayaraman
as Manackam
Kumari Rathnam
as Young Kannagi